Outdoor photograph of a ritual in progress. In the foreground, a shirtless man in a saffron-orange cloth kneels with his right arm raised, pressing his fingers to the forehead of a second man who stands with his eyes closed and chest bare, wearing a white dhoti and a beaded necklace. A steel vessel sits on a low wooden stool beside them, and the standing man's cupped hands hold a small white substance. Behind them, several other men in white dhotis and a figure in a red cloth stand near a concrete wall. The image shows a blessing or sacred marking being applied, with clothing colours of saffron, white and red prominent.